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Yankee Stadium stories: 40 news summaries

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Burning Fans Revolt as Yanks Ban Sunscreen

Security policy greeted with outrage that causes instant reversal

Jul 22, 08 1:49 PM CDT
(Newser) - Yankee Stadium’s upper deck has been burning with resentment, the New York Post reports, over a newly expanded ban on sunscreen. Stadium security has taken to confiscating bottles of all shapes and sizes recently, a crackdown that came into focus during the weekend heat wave. “I need... More »

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New York Yankees • skin cancer • Yankee Stadium • sunburn • security practices

 SJP's Mole
 AWOL at
 All-Star Game 

Before-and-after shots highlight absence of mark often savaged in the media

Jul 16, 08 11:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Sarah Jessica Parker's signature chin mole, on full display as recently as 6 weeks ago, was conspicuously absent during an appearance last night at Yankee Stadium, the Huffington Post notes. One Sex and the City reviewer called the big-screen "growth on her face … so distracting you can't concentrate... More »

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New York City • Yankee Stadium • celebrity • cosmetic surgery • moles • Sarah Jessica Parker

GLOSSIES

 Baseball's All-Miscreant Team 

A-Rod makes Radar's list, of course; Bonds, Giambi, Lo Duca join him

Jul 15, 08 4:29 PM CDT
(Newser) - With baseball's All-Stars set to take the field at Yankee Stadium, Radar uses the occasion (and the fact that one is the tabloids' current fixation) to name its All-Morally Inept Team:
  • C: Paul Lo Duca, then with the Mets, got the full New York treatment in 2006, when his
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Barry Bonds • Brett Myers • Alex Rodriguez • Jason Giambi • Yankee Stadium • Miguel Tejada • Jeff Kent • Milton Bradley • Paul LoDuca • Shawn Chacon • Elijah Dukes • MLB All-Star Game

Opinion

An All-Star Ode to the 20¢
Hot Dog

Remembering the unsanitary goodness of an Ebbets Field frank

Jul 15, 08 2:33 PM CDT
(Newser) - The hot dogs fans scarf down during tonight’s All-Star Game will be thoroughly cooked, foil-wrapped affairs. They will come from "spotless, industrial kitchens" and "will cost a small fortune." In other words, they won’t be anything like the franks New York Times contributor Doug... More »

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hot dogs • All Star Game • Yankee Stadium • baseball • Ebbets Field

 Madonna 'Loves' A-Rod Scandal 

Singer may attend All-Star Game

Jul 15, 08 11:04 AM CDT
(Newser) - Madonna is reveling in the attention she's getting from the Alex Rodriguez scandal and is considering fueling the frenzy by attending today's All-Star Game at Yankee Stadium, the New York Post reports. "She doesn't care about the press it will get—she loves it,” a friend said. More »

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New York City • New York Yankees • Alex Rodriguez • publicity stunt • Yankee Stadium • Madonna • celebrity divorces • Guy Ritchie

Glossies

Yankee Fever Expected to Sell Seats—Literally

From $200 urinals to $50K for A-Rod's locker, closing ballpark full of souvenirs

Jul 9, 08 11:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - Though Yankee Stadium, renovated in the 1970s, contains few long-lost relics, its current contents could nevertheless bring in $50 million when they're auctioned at season's end, New York magazine reports. From seats (figure $1,000), to urinals ($200), to trash bins ($100), everything is expected to find buyers stricken with... More »

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New York Yankees • auction • Yankee Stadium • Derek Jeter • memorabilia • sports collectibles • baseball

food review

Not Your Grandfather's Hot Dog Stand

Food columnist finds best, worst stadium fare in major leagues

Jun 8, 08 11:26 AM CDT
(Newser) - From a perfect crab salad sandwich at AT&T field in San Francisco to a dreadful crab cake at Camden Yards in Baltimore, the New York Times charts the range and quality of foods available at America's ballparks. Crab isn't the only departure from the ubiquitous hot dog: During his... More »

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food • MLB • hot dogs • Yankee Stadium • Dodger Stadium • Wrigley Field • baseball • Shea Stadium • Citizens Bank Park • PNC Park • AT&T Park • Miller Park • Safeco Field

 NHL Headed For
 Friendly Confines 

Annual outdoor game coming to Chicago, with Blackhawks to face old rival Detroit

May 29, 08 4:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - It appears Chicago’s famed Wrigley Field will host an outdoor NHL game next year, after competitor Yankee Stadium was deemed unsuitable “for a variety of reasons,” the Tribune reports. The hometown Blackhawks would play the rival Detroit Red Wings in the third edition of the open-air contest,... More »

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NHL • Chicago • Chicago Blackhawks • Detroit Red Wings • Yankee Stadium • hockey • Wrigley Field • Winter Classic

OPINION

 Best American Ballparks 

One scribe suggests places you'd most want to be taken out for a ballgame

Apr 28, 08 1:36 PM CDT
(Newser) - In choosing the best place to watch a ballgame, Chris De Luca decided to keep the team and city out of the discussion. With that in mind, the Chicago Sun-Times presents his list:
  1. Fenway Park: the flawed classic.
  2. Safeco Field: the high-tech home of the Mariners.
  3. Yankee
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MLB • Fenway Park • Yankee Stadium • Dodger Stadium • PNC Park • Kauffman Stadium • AT&T Park

Pope Benedict Leaves
US After 6-Day Visit

Cheney says farewell to Benedict at departure ceremony

Apr 20, 08 10:31 PM CDT
(Newser) - Pope Benedict XVI concluded his 6-day US visit today, boarding the papal jet at JFK aqirport to return to the Vatican. “The time has come for me to bid farewell to your country,” Benedict said. “May God bless America.” Dick Cheney attended the departure ceremony, which... More »

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Dick Cheney • Pope Benedict XVI • Ground Zero • JFK Airport • Yankee Stadium • Catholics • Pope Benedict's US visit • Papal mass

 Benedict Brings
 Down the House
 That Ruth Built 

Pope's homily brings 60,000 Catholics to their feet in Yankee Stadium

Apr 20, 08 3:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - With pop music blaring and a roaring crowd, Yankee Stadium might have easily been hosting a rock concert today, reports the New York Times, rather than the rock star of Catholicism. The object of the adoration of 60,000 was Pope Benedict XVI, who finished up his US tour by... More »

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abortion • contraception • Pope Benedict XVI • Yankee Stadium • Latin Mass • Popemobile • Catholics • Pope Benedict's US visit

 Yanks, Mets Dig In for
 Stadium Sell-Offs 

Teams expect to make millions auctioning off pieces of closing parks

Apr 17, 08 2:11 PM CDT
(Newser) - Demolition isn’t usually very profitable—unless you’re knocking down Yankee Stadium or Shea Stadium and auctioning off every last brick. When New York’s stadiums close at season’s end, they’ll transform into a merchandising windfall, Newsweek reports. Seats, lockers, scoreboards and maybe even infield dirt... More »

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New York Mets • New York Yankees • Yankee Stadium • sports memorabilia • baseball • Shea Stadium

Yankee Stadium Gets Celestial First Pitch Tomorrow

US astronaut will do honors via video from space station before meeting with rival Sox

Apr 15, 08 6:59 PM CDT
(Newser) - The New York Yankees' final season at Yankee Stadium will see another first tomorrow night, the Daily News reports, with a US astronaut throwing out the first pitch—via video link from the International Space Station. Garrett Reisman, a 40-year-old New Jersey native and lifelong fan of the Bronx Bombers,... More »

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Boston Red Sox • New York Yankees • space • Yankee Stadium • International Space Station • Garrett Reisman

Yanks Exhume Sox Jersey
at New Stadium

Boston fan tried to hex New York's new home

Apr 13, 08 4:47 PM CDT
(Newser) - A construction worker on the Yankees' new stadium made a unique play to reverse the Curse, reports the New York Post. A Red Sox fan, Gino Castignoli buried a David Ortiz jersey behind home plate last summer, but two former colleagues located and exhumed the shirt today. Now the Sox-lover... More »

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sports • MLB • Boston Red Sox • David Ortiz • Fenway Park • New York Yankees • Yankee Stadium • curse • fans • baseball

 NY, DC
  Prep for
 Papal Visit 

US teams ready churches, Yankee Stadium for holy trip

Apr 12, 08 11:35 AM CDT
(Newser) - He may be the only man who can draw Mets fans to Yankee Stadium: Next week, Pope Benedict XVI will lead a stadium Mass on his 6-day tour of Washington, DC and New York. Before gracing second base, the Pontiff will celebrate his 81st birthday at the White House, and... More »

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Pope Benedict XVI • New York City • Catholic Church • Washington DC • Yankee Stadium • mass • Roman Catholicism

 Swank Suites Sweeten Stadiums 

New stadiums taking private boxes to the next level

Mar 27, 08 2:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - Private boxes are great on game day, and sports clubs are taking it to the next level, giving well-heeled fans super-sumptuous treatment—in return for deluxe bucks. Forbes rundowns some of the priciest stadium suites:
  1. Yankee Stadium’s Legend Suites: $2,500 per front row seat per game, or
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sports • list • Wimbledon • Yankee Stadium • luxury • Chase Field • Nationals stadium

Pope Will Visit US in April

Pontiff will go to DC, Ground Zero, Yankee Stadium

Nov 12, 07 1:10 PM CST
(Newser) - Pope Benedict XVI will travel to the US in April, visiting the White House, Ground Zero, and the United Nations, the Washington Post reports. On his first trip to the country as pope, and the first papal visit since John Paul II's stop in St. Louis in 1999, he'll say... More »

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Pope Benedict XVI • Ground Zero • Vatican • Yankee Stadium • Pope John Paul II • Pope Benedict's US visit

A-Rod Smashes 500th Homer

Sets record for youngest player in 500 club

Aug 4, 07 3:23 PM CDT
(Newser) - Alex Rodriguez finally blasted his way into the 500-homer club today, becoming, at age 32 and 8 days, the youngest baseball player to hit the mark. A-Rod swatted the first pitch he saw from Kansas City Royals' Kyle Davies, belting a three-run homer at Yankee Stadium. It had been a... More »

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MLB • Kansas City Royals • New York Yankees • Alex Rodriguez • Babe Ruth • Yankee Stadium • record • Jimmie Foxx • Kyle Davies • Mickey Mantle • baseball

Mrs. A-Rod
Flips Bronx
Fans The Bird

Sassy spouse sports 'obscene' shirt at game

Jul 3, 07 3:57 AM CDT
(Newser) - The wife of All-Star third-baseman Alex Rodriguez has got some fans calling foul: Cynthia Rodriguez attended the Yankees' 11-5 Sunday loss donning a tank top that read "F— You." Spectators disturbed by the message notified Yankee Stadium security officials, who were reluctant to cause a stir and took... More »

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MLB • New York Yankees • Alex Rodriguez • Cynthia Rodriguez • Yankee Stadium • obscenity • Bronx Stadium • baseball

Rocket Returns to the Bronx

Yanks give Clemens one year, $28 million

May 6, 07 9:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - Roger Clemens announced on Sunday to an ecstatic crowd at Yankee Stadium that he'd be joining New York this year. The news is well-timed for the best-paid team in baseball, which has suffered a catastrophic string of pitching injuries. Two of his other previous teams, Boston and Houston, had also... More »

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MLB • New York • New York Yankees • Roger Clemens • Yankee Stadium • baseball

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